Summary: Summary: Minerva takes a break, Hermione takes a new post, Severus takes up the cudgels, Neville takes a risk, Filius takes his chances, and Rolanda takes bets on the outcome. Written as a gift for Magically25 in the 2010 SS/HG gift exchange. Prompt:
“The competition. A setting of your choice, a competition of your choice. Plenty of plotting / counter-plotting, tit for tat and escalation of consequences.”

Summary: When her editor gives her one final chance, Hermione leaps at the opportunity to interview the ex-Death Eater opening a new shop in Knockturn Alley. After all, all the dangerous ones are dead. Aren’t they?